The Andalusian Circuit of Peñas program ten performances in the peñas of the province of Almería.
The initiative is organized by the Andalusian Institute of Flamenco and the Provincial Federation of Peñas Flamenco dancers from Almeria.
The first show will be on Saturday, September 21 at the Peña Flamenca The Arriero de Viator with the singer Chelo Soto.
The Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, through the Andalusian Institute of Flamenco, and the Provincial Federations of Peñas Flamencas, organizes the Andalusian Circuit of Peñas 2024, a project in which they put value on the peñas throughout the Andalusian territory. Today, its provincial circuit was presented in Almería, which will take place from next Saturday, September 21, until next November 23, a dozen shows of flamenco to many others peñas of the province. The event was attended by the Secretary General of Cultural Innovation and Museums, José Ángel Vélez, the Government delegate in Almería, Aránzazu Martín, and the director of the Andalusian Institute of Flamenco, Cristobal Ortega.
During his speech, Vélez highlighted "the importance of the peñas in the artistic fabric of flamenco"Without them, he added, "the flamenco would not be in the place it occupies right now.” “In the peñas is where the flamenco It is shared, it is communicated, where the hobby is forged,” he added.
The distribution of actions for each province responds to objective criteria according to the number of peñas federated. In Andalusia, there are 321 peñas officially federated, and Almería has 16 peñas attached to their Provincial Federation. As for the selection of the programme, each provincial federation has been responsible for choosing the participating artists from a catalogue designed after a public call that includes 350 artists. The creation of this catalogue makes it possible for anyone interested in performing in the peñas could be presented on equal terms.
Thus, in the province of Almería 7 recitals will be held cante, 1 dance and 2 guitar and around 19 artists in 10 municipalities will participate. The program will begin in the Peña Flamenca El Arriero de Viator next Saturday, with the performance of the singer Chelo Soto. The following week, it will be the turn of Adra, specifically the Peña Flamenca The Tower, which welcomes the singer Rocío Segura.
The first weekend of October there will be two performances: at the Almería Cultural Association of Arts and Flamenco, at the Parador de las Hortichuelas, Fita Heredia will perform while at the Peña Flamenca El Ciego de la Playa de Huércal de Almería will do the same with Cristo Heredia. Both recitals will be on October 5th. They will be followed by El Ejido, where José del Tomate will perform on the 18th. Peña Flamenca Friends of the Cante Murgis. And, to close the month of October, the Peña Flamenca Salvador El Pascua de Carboneras welcomes the singer Rocío Zamora on the 25th and on the 26th the Peña Flamenca Pepe Sorroche from Tabernas will have Antonio de Quero on guitar.
In the last part of the program, it will be the turn of the Peña Flamenca The Victory, of Dalías, with the cante by Ángela Cuenca on November 9th. The following week, the singer Sonia Miranda will perform at the Peña Flamenca Adra Fenicia, from Adra. It will be on the 16th. And on the 23rd of November the dancer Ana Pastrana closes the cycle in the Peña Flamenca La Guajira from Almería. All performances are scheduled at 21:30 p.m. and admission is free until full capacity is reached.
The Andalusian Circuit of Peñas has its starting point in the signing of collaboration agreements with each of the provincial federations, with the aim of promoting citizen access to culture and contributing to the dissemination of flamenco through cultural programs and activities.
This program is endorsed by the brand 'Andalucía·flamenco' promoted by the Andalusian Institute of Flamenco. A quality mark in those initiatives in which it is present, since, with it, a quality mark is also present flamenco based on knowledge, rigor and inclusion in these programs of the different ways in which the flamenco It is expressed today, both in the cante as in dance, guitar and other instruments, as well as in its interrelation with other arts. 'Andalusia·Flamenco' therefore represents programming made with rigor and taking into account all the sensibilities that this art represents today.
The Andalusian Circuit of PeñaThe series began last May in the province of Jaén and will tour the entire Andalusian community until the end of the year. As a novelty, this edition has the collaboration of the Association of Performers and Performers, AIE, which will finance the participation of three artists in the cycle through its program 'Artists on the Road'. Flamenco'.
